Police intervened after furious parents protested because their children had been sent home from school because of problems with their uniform.

Around 50 pupils were stopped from going to lessons at Hartsdown Academy in George V Avenue, Margate, this morning.

Head teacher Matthew Tate said parents had been warned this would happen by letter in July.

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Police intervened as parents protested at Hartsdown Academy in Margate

He said: "We wrote to parents to say we would be ensuring our uniform policy is adhered to and that if children were not in perfect uniform today they would be sent home.

"The majority of our parents are pleased with that. They feel the school needs to be better for their children and I've had several parents tell me how pleased they are that they can see that actually we want to be different.

"We want to be a school that they can be proud of sending their children to."

"There is a minority of parents who are not happy with that and I understand it has inconvenienced some. A few have lost their temper.